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he's playing the role of president obama in these mock debates and done this for republicans in the past cycles. on the other side, senator john kerry of massachusetts, playing the role of fellow massachusetts mitt romney and john kerry knows a bit about debating, the democrats' 2004 nominee. and mitt romney goes to colorado monday and the debate is wednesday. besides the preparation, we're seeing both campaigns trying to low low expectations. not just campaigns, listen to governor romney. >> he's president of the united states and an eloquent speaker. >> he's a very eloquent speaker and in his debate last time with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> reporter: the whole idea is lower the bar and if you're doing well you beat expectations and win the debate, the spin they're playing. listen to stephanie from the obama campaign. >> what history tells us that challengers normally win the first debate just by the fact they're standing on the stage with the president. that elevates them and normally come into this as underdogs. we're coming into this very realistic mitt romney is like
he's playing the role of president obama in these mock debates and done this for republicans in the past cycles. on the other side, senator john kerry of massachusetts, playing the role of fellow massachusetts mitt romney and john kerry knows a bit about debating, the democrats' 2004 nominee. and mitt romney goes to colorado monday and the debate is wednesday. besides the preparation, we're seeing both campaigns trying to low low expectations. not just campaigns, listen to governor romney....
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and it isn't. >> when does the president want to debate obama care? in retirement? >> i think the time he did in 2012. when he debated mitt romney three times in a debate. >> a lot of people out there are pretending that a government shutdown is no big deal. well, they're wrong. we've seen shutdowns before. and people could get hurt. that's next. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everything works like never before. does your dog food have? today cisco is connecting the internet of everything. 18 percent? 20? new purina one true instinct has 30. active dogs crave nutrient-dense food. so we made purina one true instinct. learn more at purinaone.com dad! dad! ka
and it isn't. >> when does the president want to debate obama care? in retirement? >> i think the time he did in 2012. when he debated mitt romney three times in a debate. >> a lot of people out there are pretending that a government shutdown is no big deal. well, they're wrong. we've seen shutdowns before. and people could get hurt. that's next. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at...
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a whopping 67% think mitt romney won the debate. 25% for president obama. there's a long way to go in this debate and the divide between left and right is growing. th brings me to tonight's battleground america. the debate you have been waiting for. jennifer granholm versus newt gingrich. she's the former governor of michigan. he's of course, the former presidential candidate and speaker of the house. just as in last night's debate, we are running a clock at the bottom of your screen to keep track of speaking time for our debaters although frankly, i want a real debate. if you two decide to go at each other, chew each other to pieces, that's fine with me. we'll forget all about the clock. if i want to interrupt and pick you up on any inconsistencies in your arguments, i will be piling in with impunity also ignoring the clock. so the clock really is just a visual tool to amuse viewers at home. welcome to you both. let me start with you, jennifer granholm. the opening question is what the hell was wrong with barack obama last night? >> well, i'm going to quot
a whopping 67% think mitt romney won the debate. 25% for president obama. there's a long way to go in this debate and the divide between left and right is growing. th brings me to tonight's battleground america. the debate you have been waiting for. jennifer granholm versus newt gingrich. she's the former governor of michigan. he's of course, the former presidential candidate and speaker of the house. just as in last night's debate, we are running a clock at the bottom of your screen to keep...
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reporting president obama himself knows that he lost the debate. he's upset about it. here to talk about it tonight, obama 2012 pollster, cornell belcher. also, ralph reed. cornell, bored, aloof, some said even arrogant. those are some of the words used today and last night to describe president obama on that stage. what exactly was the strategy heading into this? was there a strategy? >> what you saw last night from the president was the president trying to lay out the facts to those few undecided voters that are still out there. here's our plan, here's how we want to move the country forward versus mitt romney and his plan about moving the country forward. the problem with the debate last night is that one candidate showed up talking about the facts of their plan and the other candidate showed up with a completely different plan, and was completely dishonest about the facts of his plan. that was a little problemati >> but the president did not seem to take the fight to mitt romney. if you believe that mitt romney wasn't being honest, the presiden
reporting president obama himself knows that he lost the debate. he's upset about it. here to talk about it tonight, obama 2012 pollster, cornell belcher. also, ralph reed. cornell, bored, aloof, some said even arrogant. those are some of the words used today and last night to describe president obama on that stage. what exactly was the strategy heading into this? was there a strategy? >> what you saw last night from the president was the president trying to lay out the facts to those few...
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and say president obama won the debate. here is a closer look at their views. we asked, who did the debate make you more likely to vote for? look at the results. 25% said president obama. 25% said governor romney. 48% said neither. we also asked, what is seen to be a stronger leader? 49% said governor romney. 46% for president obama. we asked, who was more likeable? 47% said president obama. 41% said mitt romney. we also asked who spent more time attacking his opponent. 49% said president obama. 39% said governor romney. 44% of debate watchers said president obama seemed to care more about the audience members, compared to 40% for mitt romney. 45% say romney answered the questions more directly, compared to 43% for president obama. remember, this is a scientific poll that reflects the views of people who actually watched the debate. our sample indicates 33% of those who tuned in tonight were democratic, 33% were republican. that sample is eight points more republican than an average of cnn polls taken in 2012 of all america
and say president obama won the debate. here is a closer look at their views. we asked, who did the debate make you more likely to vote for? look at the results. 25% said president obama. 25% said governor romney. 48% said neither. we also asked, what is seen to be a stronger leader? 49% said governor romney. 46% for president obama. we asked, who was more likeable? 47% said president obama. 41% said mitt romney. we also asked who spent more time attacking his opponent. 49% said president...
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do you think you would have done better against the obama that was debating this week? >> i think so, piers, but you know, it would sound like i am now trying to rewrite history or i would have done better. you know, i never tried to do any of that looking back and certainly not in anger or bitterness. but i think it is true that during the 2008 campaign, the president or then senator obama had no record to defend, and one of the reasons why mitt did so well in this debate was because mitt was -- i think very legitimately, attacking his record, whether it be the $90 billion in subsidies for energy or a number of the other things that he pointed -- the failure of dodd-frank, and so the president had a record to defend this time, but one, do not underestimate the president of the united states. he will come back strong. i think mitt has to be prepared for that. and also, as you mentioned, these job numbers will give him a bit or something of a boost today. >> we've got the vp debate coming up. you said about joe biden he's the gift that keeps on giving. are you hoping tha
do you think you would have done better against the obama that was debating this week? >> i think so, piers, but you know, it would sound like i am now trying to rewrite history or i would have done better. you know, i never tried to do any of that looking back and certainly not in anger or bitterness. but i think it is true that during the 2008 campaign, the president or then senator obama had no record to defend, and one of the reasons why mitt did so well in this debate was because...
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i was thinking about barack obama during the last debate. i think the contrast is not a good one. however, we should never underestimate the fact that he is a hugely powerful barack obama fan. >> we had an interesting discussion about the libya situation. extraordinary comments. it is nothing to do with the republicans anymore. this is to do with how the white house, how the ambassadors dealt with this and it seems not good enough to me that you can put out erroneous statements five days after a terrorist attack. >> the point is they jumped to conclusions. they may not have been putting out the information. but they decided to jump to the conclusion that did not criticize or do anything negative to the war on terror. if you jump to the conclusion that you don't yet know is true i'm not sure how much better that is than lying. tackle that head on and say we have been struck by terror again. we are going to come down hard on this. what is wrong with that position? >> there is nothing wrong with the president asking the questions on that. we have a serious situation here. american li
i was thinking about barack obama during the last debate. i think the contrast is not a good one. however, we should never underestimate the fact that he is a hugely powerful barack obama fan. >> we had an interesting discussion about the libya situation. extraordinary comments. it is nothing to do with the republicans anymore. this is to do with how the white house, how the ambassadors dealt with this and it seems not good enough to me that you can put out erroneous statements five days...
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when we asked debate watchers their opinion of president obama before the debate, after the debate, favorable, unfavorable, unchanged essentially, and the same for mitt romney, unchanged. mitt romney, 55% favorable. high for him. so while they may have believed mitt romney won the debate, the question is whether it chaz changed their attitude toward mitt mitt romney. >> first of all, that sample i think we'll find out that sample was more than just a few points more republican. i have never seen a poll like that. the second thing is, you got to say the idea is that you moved the needle to favorability. -- 65% said he won it. and if you look at the issue of distinctions in a sample that seemed to me to be a few points more republican, i'm now -- and people say, yes, he won the debate. everybody here says he won the debate. i'm not sure if the payoffill be that huge. >> we don't know the payoff yet. one way or the other. the sample sounds like it's skews. but it's worth noting that cbs took a poll tonight of undecideds, and had 2-1 romney winning. we have two polls out there. we'll se
when we asked debate watchers their opinion of president obama before the debate, after the debate, favorable, unfavorable, unchanged essentially, and the same for mitt romney, unchanged. mitt romney, 55% favorable. high for him. so while they may have believed mitt romney won the debate, the question is whether it chaz changed their attitude toward mitt mitt romney. >> first of all, that sample i think we'll find out that sample was more than just a few points more republican. i have...
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who can forget the gore-bush debate, and you have to wonder betwn these two candidates, romney and obama, who's likely to win, who's likely to be too breathy, or maybe be an easy read just by finally expressions that could potentially hurt their performance? >> first of all, debates have -- there's no subsequent record of whether debates have been significant or not. certainly in 1980, to some extent in 1992. if you have looked at the debates from 1996, they haveat times and at times they haven't. what matters is not always the lines of arguments between the candidates but the general impression that they lead. and again, i think this is more important than the president at this point. romney simply has not convinceded an important slice of voters who are not overwhelmed with obama's first term that he would do better in a second. ultimately he has to make it more comfortable with him. that's job one. >> thanks so much, we'll be listening to your insight throughout -- folks don't forget it. this programming note, the first presidential debate starting this wednesday night, just three day
who can forget the gore-bush debate, and you have to wonder betwn these two candidates, romney and obama, who's likely to win, who's likely to be too breathy, or maybe be an easy read just by finally expressions that could potentially hurt their performance? >> first of all, debates have -- there's no subsequent record of whether debates have been significant or not. certainly in 1980, to some extent in 1992. if you have looked at the debates from 1996, they haveat times and at times they...
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the big surprise to me was how much bleeding obama did after the first debate. we've seen president's lose that first debate before, but i don't think any of us anticipated just how much it would hurt him. >> this support was soft. and i think this is where -- with women, in particular. >> yeah, there's a big swing back and forth. >> and i think that the romney people are going to make a play tonight to keep those women, particularly suburban women, married women, and let them know that their candidate is not as extreme as the president would portray him as, except that the president is going to say, okay, he has no core. and he has no set of beliefs. and you can't trust what he says -- >> well, but if the numbers were soft for president obama -- because before the narrative of the first debate was how far in the lead president obama was. if that support was soft, is the support that's now attributeded to romney, is that soft too? >> yes. people have agreed to give him a second look. they haven't locked in yet. this is where the president's challenge is want to.
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that's salesmanship. >> president obama taking on mitt romney in his post-surge debate. let's bring in my political all-star panel. charles blow, columnist for the "new york times" and former romney foreign policy spokesman, rick grinell. welcome to you both. let's start with this stacey dash thing. there is a very nice, attractive, talented young black actress who decides because she has come to this conclusion i'm -- i voted for obama before, i'm voting for romney now and all hell breaks loose. she's the subject of a vicious attack on twitter by all sorts of people. what do you make of it? >> listen, i think it's unfortunate that anybody can make up their mind and vote however they want. i think also, you do have to realize that there are people who kind of gravitate to vote in groups and they kind of think in groups. i think we sometimes just look at the racial group but there are people who vote in gender lines, they look at whether or not there's a war on women and whether or not you should be a woman voting for the gop, for instance. a lot of people make that argum
that's salesmanship. >> president obama taking on mitt romney in his post-surge debate. let's bring in my political all-star panel. charles blow, columnist for the "new york times" and former romney foreign policy spokesman, rick grinell. welcome to you both. let's start with this stacey dash thing. there is a very nice, attractive, talented young black actress who decides because she has come to this conclusion i'm -- i voted for obama before, i'm voting for romney now and all...
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obama won the debate. the spread was about 48% to 40%. do you agree with that assessment? was this a clear win for president obama? >> well, the question is, what's winning. and the most important part about winning is whether people said could governor romney be a good commander in chief. and on that number it was about 60-something percent. perhaps the more important question about winning is winning in terms. i believe on the cnn poll governor romney was slightly ahead. it was a ppp democratic polling group th had people saying more likely to vote for governor romney 47-35. less likely more likely to vote for president obama 32 less likely 46. and that was a poll also that said on points, on points, president obama won the race. and the final analysis this is an election. people are looking for who can be the commander in chief. hat governor romney did last night is he tied having a strong economy as being essential to having a strong military strong foreign policy and clearly on that point he clearly w
obama won the debate. the spread was about 48% to 40%. do you agree with that assessment? was this a clear win for president obama? >> well, the question is, what's winning. and the most important part about winning is whether people said could governor romney be a good commander in chief. and on that number it was about 60-something percent. perhaps the more important question about winning is winning in terms. i believe on the cnn poll governor romney was slightly ahead. it was a ppp...
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you've ever seen where barack obama was outstyled. body language, mitt romney looked much more presidential and come out mitt romney and continue to strike contrasts say that we are not a government with a country, we're a country with a government and empower the people in every way possible and point out that, you know, americans have lost 40% of their net worth under this administration. as you pointed out earlier, gas prices are twice as high. we have acts of war on anniversaries of 9/11 with no response other than appointing the task force to understand whether it was a spontaneous task force. point these things out and do not play prevent defense or you will lose to barack obama. >> you can bet the president will come back on offense in the next debate, for sure. bernie thompson, thank you so much. i enjoyed listening to your radio show the other day, as well. >>> one of the nation's top ceos accuses the obama administration of cooking the books. we'll hear from the former head of ge, next. there's big news. presenting androgel
you've ever seen where barack obama was outstyled. body language, mitt romney looked much more presidential and come out mitt romney and continue to strike contrasts say that we are not a government with a country, we're a country with a government and empower the people in every way possible and point out that, you know, americans have lost 40% of their net worth under this administration. as you pointed out earlier, gas prices are twice as high. we have acts of war on anniversaries of 9/11...
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i mean, i get the feeling that after barack obama got home after the debate the other night, i imagine a few doors got slammed. what the heck were you doing obama? >> i am not going to speculate. >> i reckon it was the spare room for the president. >> but i do believe she is a very strong advocate for the president. i believe that he is now understanding the depths to which that debate performance hurt him, and actually hurt people that were for him. i think they are trying to re-calibrate. the other thing i think they're trying to do is stop a little bit of some of the democratic panic. that some people on the left are looking at this and thinking they see a surge by mitt romney. they saw the performance, there is not another debate until tomorrow. the president doesn't debate until next week. what is going to stop the polls from moving? >> i agree with you, i think andrew sullivan, the accent is ridiculous, part of the blogs, it is the end of the world as we know it. it is all over, we're all doomed. come on, kristen soltis, how important is the vice president debate? if joe biden ea
i mean, i get the feeling that after barack obama got home after the debate the other night, i imagine a few doors got slammed. what the heck were you doing obama? >> i am not going to speculate. >> i reckon it was the spare room for the president. >> but i do believe she is a very strong advocate for the president. i believe that he is now understanding the depths to which that debate performance hurt him, and actually hurt people that were for him. i think they are trying to...
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going into the debate, president obama was way ahead of romney in the likability polls. last night, romney one-up the president on his own wedding anniversary. first, obama. >> a lot of points i want to make tonight. but the most important one is that 20 years ago, i became the luckiest man on earth, because michelle obama agreed to marry me. and so i just want to wish, sweetie, you, happy anniversary, and let you know that i year from now, we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> romney grabbed the ball, responded in a way that was downright charming. >> and congratulations to you, mr. president, on your anniversary. i'm sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine here, here with me. so i -- congratulations. >> cnn contributor's will cain, roland martin, who leans left, are here to discuss. welcome, gentlemen. >> how are you doing? >> the moment you just played that's an important moment. >> talk about that. you know, mitt romney got a big laugh. he seemed genuine. >> right. i think i talk toud about this the other day. mike deaver, th
going into the debate, president obama was way ahead of romney in the likability polls. last night, romney one-up the president on his own wedding anniversary. first, obama. >> a lot of points i want to make tonight. but the most important one is that 20 years ago, i became the luckiest man on earth, because michelle obama agreed to marry me. and so i just want to wish, sweetie, you, happy anniversary, and let you know that i year from now, we will not be celebrating it in front of 40...
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obama in the first debate. and because also there were much lower expectations this time on president obama than there has been in the first debate. >> a cnn post debate poll showed president obama exceeded expectations. 73% said he did better than expected. 37% say romney did. does that make a difference? >> you saw the polling information after the first debate where mitt romney picked up eight various points in the polls. he also needed to show the cop that's wean his record and mitt romney's record. i also thought body language was interesting. the president appeared angry. to be firm is not angry. there were moments literally when mitt romney turned his back to the audience and was trying to put the president -- the president brushed him off and walked away from him to keep engaging the person who sh showed -- romney wanted to go on attack and the president said, i'll let him ask questions. >> a lot of people thought this was better suited for president obama. how do you think that mitt romney goes in this
obama in the first debate. and because also there were much lower expectations this time on president obama than there has been in the first debate. >> a cnn post debate poll showed president obama exceeded expectations. 73% said he did better than expected. 37% say romney did. does that make a difference? >> you saw the polling information after the first debate where mitt romney picked up eight various points in the polls. he also needed to show the cop that's wean his record and...
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round two of the obama-romney debate is tonight. but when it comes to measuring the pulse of american politics, there's probably no place more reliable than stark county, ohio. it's one of the most competitive swing counties in a state that reliably picks presidents. miguel marquez is in hartville, ohio. that is where he spoke with some very discerning voters. what did you find out for us? >> well, they are the very most discerning voters. we came here because, you know, no republican has ever won the white house without winning ohio. this race is certainly tightened up since that first debate. obama had a seven to ten-point lead before that debate. now it's about a three-point edge over romney. so we came here to lovely hartville, ohio, to talk to people to figure out what makes them tick. this is stark county, ohio. a front line in this battleground state. so closely tracked state in national voting patterns, this place puts the bell in bellwether. steve has formed in hartville, ohio, this whole life. today he's planting winter wh
round two of the obama-romney debate is tonight. but when it comes to measuring the pulse of american politics, there's probably no place more reliable than stark county, ohio. it's one of the most competitive swing counties in a state that reliably picks presidents. miguel marquez is in hartville, ohio. that is where he spoke with some very discerning voters. what did you find out for us? >> well, they are the very most discerning voters. we came here because, you know, no republican has...
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he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much anymore, all right? he keeps on beating me up and i keep on going away shaking my head. >> reporter: romney flies to colorado monday to hold a rally that night before hunkering down for final preparations. the president heads to nevada sunday greeting voters that night and then goes behind closed doors for his last-minute preps before flying on to denver on debate day. meanwhile, both presidential campaigns continue to play the expectations game, trying to lower the bar for their candidate. gary. >> thank you very much, paul. >>> the debates are the only way to see the candidates face-to-face, so let's take a look at the debate schedule. as we said, number one, wednesday, october 3rd. can you see it live here on cnn starting 7:00 p.m. eastern time. number two, october 16th, on the campus of hofstra university in long island, new york. our only candy crowley will be moderating that debate. s and then in boca raton, orida, and that's two weeks before election
he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much anymore, all right? he keeps on beating me up and i keep on going away shaking my head. >> reporter: romney flies to colorado monday to hold a rally that night before hunkering down for final preparations. the president heads to nevada sunday greeting voters that night and then goes behind closed doors for his last-minute preps before flying on to denver on debate day. meanwhile, both presidential...
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obama will be on the road through wednesday's first presidential debate. mitt romney heads to colorado tomorrow, where he'll hold a rally, and continue his preparations for wednesday's showdown in denver. he went to church this morning outside boston, but held no public events over the weekend. >>> in iraq, at least 30 people were killed today in a wave of bombings. some explosions hit in or near baghdad. it is the deadliest day in iraq in nearly a month. shiite muslim communities appear to be the main targets of the attacks. >>> a christian pakistani girl accused of desecrating the koran is set to be cleared of all charges. tomorrow a juvenile court in pakistan is expected to uphold a police investigation that found the 14-year-old was not only innocent, she was framed by a muslim cleric in her hometown. the cleric now faces blasphemy charges of his own for tearing pages out of a koran to use as evidence against the child. >>> and this is the center of a desperate search for two little children in middle tennessee. a family home that burned down last week
obama will be on the road through wednesday's first presidential debate. mitt romney heads to colorado tomorrow, where he'll hold a rally, and continue his preparations for wednesday's showdown in denver. he went to church this morning outside boston, but held no public events over the weekend. >>> in iraq, at least 30 people were killed today in a wave of bombings. some explosions hit in or near baghdad. it is the deadliest day in iraq in nearly a month. shiite muslim communities...
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back when you debated senator obama at the time, he won the debate, 51% for then senator obama, 38% for you and, more importantly, the overall election poll showed that he moved up in the polling three percentage points after that debate. do you see a similar bounce for governor romney? do you see a bigger bounce because the numbers, in some ways, are bigger? >> i do. and, again, it was all about hope and change and what the president was going to do. and he didn't have a record. he didn't have a record in the senate of much note. now he has a record of four years of the longest and deepest recession since the great depression. last night was so bad if it had been a fight, they would have stopped it. really one of the telling points, i thought, in the debate was when the question -- the last question about why don't people work together and sit down and work together, mitt made an argument that's what he had done in massachusetts and would do and the president basically said well, some people, you can't work with because the fact is, he has not reached across the aisle to work with repu
back when you debated senator obama at the time, he won the debate, 51% for then senator obama, 38% for you and, more importantly, the overall election poll showed that he moved up in the polling three percentage points after that debate. do you see a similar bounce for governor romney? do you see a bigger bounce because the numbers, in some ways, are bigger? >> i do. and, again, it was all about hope and change and what the president was going to do. and he didn't have a record. he...
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. >> also, obama's favorite debate sparring partner and the man who whipped obama into shape after the disastrous first debate. and battleground america. why women hold the key to this election. plus, when politics becomes personal. the always controversial gloria allred. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, big changes. that's what mitt romney's promising, just 12 days to go before election day. listen to what he told the crowd a little while ago in perhaps the aptly named defiance, ohio. >> this is a time when america faces big challenges. we have a big election. and we want a president who will actually bring big changes and i will and he won't. >> the new cnn poll of polls has romney with a one point lead over the president. other polls have romney and obama tied in colorado and the president up three points in nevada. meanwhile, president obama's got at least one vote in the bag, his own. he voted for himself, taking a brief break fr
. >> also, obama's favorite debate sparring partner and the man who whipped obama into shape after the disastrous first debate. and battleground america. why women hold the key to this election. plus, when politics becomes personal. the always controversial gloria allred. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight,...
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first, i think i'm the person who could most likely beat obama in debate. second, i actually have ideas and solutions big enough for a country this size. and, third, i've actually done it. you are not sending an amateur to washington to learn how to do it. i've actually done it. >> and to those who say you are temperamental and you will blow up, that's the problem. your family who interviewed only this week assure me you've calmed down. you are a calmer newt gingrich. >> being a grandfather, they say. >> i think being married to calista has been an extraordinary mellowing and relaxing experience. plus, i think at 68, as a grandfather, you just have a different natural sense of time and sense of pacing. >> take another break and come back and talk about three of your favorite subjects. god, america and calista. to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500
first, i think i'm the person who could most likely beat obama in debate. second, i actually have ideas and solutions big enough for a country this size. and, third, i've actually done it. you are not sending an amateur to washington to learn how to do it. i've actually done it. >> and to those who say you are temperamental and you will blow up, that's the problem. your family who interviewed only this week assure me you've calmed down. you are a calmer newt gingrich. >> being a...
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president obama is hard at work planning his strategy for what he hopes will be the debate of his life. joining me now, a big city mayor who is team obama, kasim reed of atlanta. are you expecting for barack obama to come out like a charging rhinocerous? >> not at all. he doesn't need to overcorrect. i made the analogy because the president has been running the country for the last four years while mitt romney is running for president. he certainly had a bit of ring rust during the last debate they had. i think he's going to come out in a calm, effective manner and i think he's going to do very well. there are two more debates to go. if you think of the classic ali/frazier fights, frazier had a very good first fight, he lost the rest of the other two and i think history remembers winners. that's what i think's going to happen here. but no charging, raging or anything like that from the president. >> but it's been interesting to see how the president changes his demeanor. he was lackluster. i think you put it down to just being ring rusty. he just seemed to be disengaged in the whole pr
president obama is hard at work planning his strategy for what he hopes will be the debate of his life. joining me now, a big city mayor who is team obama, kasim reed of atlanta. are you expecting for barack obama to come out like a charging rhinocerous? >> not at all. he doesn't need to overcorrect. i made the analogy because the president has been running the country for the last four years while mitt romney is running for president. he certainly had a bit of ring rust during the last...
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the obama administration hired him as a technical adviser to congress who debated the law. now he has a book out, a comic book out, to try to explain the law to everyone else. called "health care reform, what it is, why it's necessary, how it works." he joins me from boston. welcome to the show, jonathan. you don't think about comic books and economists often in the same sentence. want to talk about that in a second. look, i've been following your comments, commentary for some time now. you do have a unique perspective. when you describe this, what do you describe as the differences between the obama plan and the plan in massachusetts? >> basically, sanjay, at their core they are really the same plan. the basic goal of the massachusetts plan was to build on what worked with our health insurance system and fill in the cracks, cover the uninsured, fix the broken market for insurance purchase. the federal law is the same, saying look, a broken insurance market where insurers don't help the sick, we're going to make it affordable by subsidizing the purchase. it's the same basic
the obama administration hired him as a technical adviser to congress who debated the law. now he has a book out, a comic book out, to try to explain the law to everyone else. called "health care reform, what it is, why it's necessary, how it works." he joins me from boston. welcome to the show, jonathan. you don't think about comic books and economists often in the same sentence. want to talk about that in a second. look, i've been following your comments, commentary for some time...
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covered by the media, and debated by republicans. there was a heavy conversation. there was legislation to try to overturn it. if you had a health care plan before march 23rd, you could keep it. if you had a health care plan after that, it could be subject to change, but those are details i totally understand this has gotten out of control and gotten away from the president, but grover, the president's apology is more than we've gotten in the past. some presidents don't know how to apologize. i want you to watch this >> your words, no one more sickened or angry than i was when we didn't find weapons of mass destruction. you still have a sickening feeling. >> i do. i do. >> was there any consideration of apologizing to the american people? >> i mean apologizing would basically say the decision was a wrong decision, and i don't believe it was the wrong decision. >> so let's give credit where credit is due. the president apologized. that's something that other presidents weren't able to do. even though el potion the law and are a critic
covered by the media, and debated by republicans. there was a heavy conversation. there was legislation to try to overturn it. if you had a health care plan before march 23rd, you could keep it. if you had a health care plan after that, it could be subject to change, but those are details i totally understand this has gotten out of control and gotten away from the president, but grover, the president's apology is more than we've gotten in the past. some presidents don't know how to apologize. i...
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another feisty debate between president obama and mitt romney. a top romney campaign strategist tells cnn they are expecting another aggressive performance from the president. for mitt romney, debate night may be shaping up to be another fight night with president obama. while both men will be seated at a round table, a setting engineered for a more subdued discussion on foreign policy, the candidates will be sitting near one another. >> have you looked at your pension? >> i've got to say. >> mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> reporter: if things get testy, romney and the president won't have to cross a stage to invade each other's personal space as they did at the last debate in new york. sources tell cnn romney's sparring partner, rob portman, has been trying to get under the gop nominee's skin in debate practice sessions to prepare him for what may be another fiery night. a senior romney adviser tells cnn, the campaign expects the president won't come out like a lamb. >> i realize that maybe looked more symbolic than it is. >>
another feisty debate between president obama and mitt romney. a top romney campaign strategist tells cnn they are expecting another aggressive performance from the president. for mitt romney, debate night may be shaping up to be another fight night with president obama. while both men will be seated at a round table, a setting engineered for a more subdued discussion on foreign policy, the candidates will be sitting near one another. >> have you looked at your pension? >> i've got...
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>> the great news is that when i finally debate president obama it will be wonderful because he won't be able to say i'm some heartless republican that doesn't care about people. he'll say i was the inspiration for what he did. and i'll say, mr. president, how come you didn't call? how come you didn't ask me about your plan? because it will not work. >> you don't have to talk -- >> it will bankrupt america. >> what republicans want you to do is express some regret over romneycare. >> piers -- >> do you have any? >> i point out that there are a number of things in the bill i didn't like. parts i vetoed. there are a number of things that are mistakes in the legislation, i'd change if i could. and i'd veto -- >> do you regret it in the way it finally played out? >> but let me tell you this, which is i know there are a lot of people who say my political prospects would be much, much better if i were just to say oh, it was just a mistake, it was a boneheaded idea, i'm so sorry. and it may well be true, that would help my political prospects a lot. the only problem with that is it wouldn't
>> the great news is that when i finally debate president obama it will be wonderful because he won't be able to say i'm some heartless republican that doesn't care about people. he'll say i was the inspiration for what he did. and i'll say, mr. president, how come you didn't call? how come you didn't ask me about your plan? because it will not work. >> you don't have to talk -- >> it will bankrupt america. >> what republicans want you to do is express some regret over...
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an obama campaign spokesman said they wanted to have a, quote, high brow debate about whether americans really care about. keeping them honest, all weekend long, they instead focused on attacking romney's ties to bain and his personal finances. >> he's taken advantage of every single conceivable attack shelter and loophole. >> mr. romney attested to the sec multiple times that he was the chairman, ceo and president of bain capital. >> that company also was investing in companies that "the washington post" called pioneers of outsourcing. >> if you're telling the sec you're in charge but you're telling the american people you bear no responsibility, one of those things is not true. >> stop whining. if you want to claim bain capital as your calling card to the white house, then defend what happened to those jobs that went overseas. those jobs that were cut and eliminated. >> i don't want a pioneer in outsourcing. i want some insourcing. i want to bring companies back. >> the attacks continued on paper as well. virtually all the press releases and statements they issued on saturday and sund
an obama campaign spokesman said they wanted to have a, quote, high brow debate about whether americans really care about. keeping them honest, all weekend long, they instead focused on attacking romney's ties to bain and his personal finances. >> he's taken advantage of every single conceivable attack shelter and loophole. >> mr. romney attested to the sec multiple times that he was the chairman, ceo and president of bain capital. >> that company also was investing in...
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i mean, if obama wants to get into a debate about investments and the choices between private sector investment and bureaucratic investment, solyndra is almost a case study in why you don't want bureaucrats investing your tax money because they don't do a good job of it. i think it's very important to recognize how many of obama's so-called investments in the the last three years are going broke or losing money and all across the whole zone for example where he was going to get us a million electric cars a year. they're like at 5% of the amount despite having invested billions and billions of what is the taxpayers money. in the private sector if you invest money it's your money. if you invest in if public sector it's taxpayer money. that's a very big difference. >> and in the past he invested in the alternative energies in other companies. >> i think there's a difference between having a tax credit for wind or solar or a breakthrough kind of car like the volt, there's a difference between having a tax credit and having bureaucrats handing out hundreds of millions of dollars -- a sola
i mean, if obama wants to get into a debate about investments and the choices between private sector investment and bureaucratic investment, solyndra is almost a case study in why you don't want bureaucrats investing your tax money because they don't do a good job of it. i think it's very important to recognize how many of obama's so-called investments in the the last three years are going broke or losing money and all across the whole zone for example where he was going to get us a million...
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obama, 50%. romney 42%. >> that's changed a lot since that debate. i think that the first two debates -- >> this is post-debate i should say. >> the first two debates were paul ryan, mitt romney. the numbers that i have have shown a significant movement in the senior vote, but we're also, you know -- look, since 1952 dwight eisenhower there have been 15 presidential elections. democrats have won four. each one of those four johnson, carter, clinton, and obama have been won by people who eventually won the election. in florida he is behind. i mean, obama. if he is behind in florida, according to florida history, he is not going to win the general election. >> let's get this straight on medicare. the $700 billion plus that al and other republicans speak about coming out of medicare just so all of florida seniors knows, that's coming out of insurance companies and providers who are charging too much. >> providers are -- but, okay, let me just -- i don't want to get into the weeds on this number because nobody ever comes to an agreement on it, but a prov
obama, 50%. romney 42%. >> that's changed a lot since that debate. i think that the first two debates -- >> this is post-debate i should say. >> the first two debates were paul ryan, mitt romney. the numbers that i have have shown a significant movement in the senior vote, but we're also, you know -- look, since 1952 dwight eisenhower there have been 15 presidential elections. democrats have won four. each one of those four johnson, carter, clinton, and obama have been won by...
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first, i think i am a person who could most likely beat obama in debate. second, i actually have ideas and solutions big enough for a country this side. third, i have actually done it. it is not a theory. you're not sending an amateur to washington to learn to do it, i have done it. >> those that say you are temperamental, you will blow up, and that's the problem, your family interviewed this week show you have calmed down. you are a calmer newt gingrich. >> that's true. >> being a grandfather they say has mellowed you. >> being married to callista has been an extraordinary mellowing and relaxing experience, plus i think at 68 as a grandfather, you just have a different natural sense of time and sense of pacing. >> take another break. come back, talk about three of your favorite subjects. god, america, and callista. i think i'm right. >> got them right. >> good start. so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why
first, i think i am a person who could most likely beat obama in debate. second, i actually have ideas and solutions big enough for a country this side. third, i have actually done it. it is not a theory. you're not sending an amateur to washington to learn to do it, i have done it. >> those that say you are temperamental, you will blow up, and that's the problem, your family interviewed this week show you have calmed down. you are a calmer newt gingrich. >> that's true. >>...
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now with one debate behind them president barack obama and mitt romney are gearing up for their next face off later on in the month. the president is laying low at the white house today with no public events scheduled. he spent yesterday rallying supporters in ohio. mr. romney who rallied yesterday in florida is preparing for the next debate. romney will hold a debate victory rally this evening. >>> september proved to be a lucrative month for the president's re-election campaign. democrats raised $181 million. that's at that record. and in the last month of the campaign that cash could prove crucial especially for ad buys in toss up states. >>> thousands of criminal cases are now in jeopardy and some people say they may have been wrongfully convicted because of a scandal uncovered in boston. how could it happen? >>> boston's legal system faces a potential nightmare. thousands of cases dating back nearly a decade could be gentlemen par di jeopardized by a lab worker that the afternoonered with evidence. >> it was refreshing because i didn't think it was real. >> reporter: it was real
now with one debate behind them president barack obama and mitt romney are gearing up for their next face off later on in the month. the president is laying low at the white house today with no public events scheduled. he spent yesterday rallying supporters in ohio. mr. romney who rallied yesterday in florida is preparing for the next debate. romney will hold a debate victory rally this evening. >>> september proved to be a lucrative month for the president's re-election campaign....
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as for the obama campaign, they certainly see an opening. >> you heard the debate last night. when governor romney's asked a direct question about equal pay. he started talking about binders. oh, the idea that he had to go and ask where qualified women was, he just should have come to my house. he didn't need a binder. >> so from debate claim to internet sensation to political free for all, before checking into the campaign trail, let's dig deeper on how the romney record stacks up to the facts. we have a 20-year veteran of boston journalism with us. good to have you on the program. you heard the governor's answer. did that square with your memory of what happened? >> it doesn't. i immediately, when i heard it, reached out to some of the women who i know who had been part of that effort which they did initially in 2002 it was a coalition of some 40 women's groups in the state formed that mass gap project you were just describing. they did it in 2002 and then again in subsequent gubernatorial elections. and like you said, they initiated the project. they worked at it for a numb
as for the obama campaign, they certainly see an opening. >> you heard the debate last night. when governor romney's asked a direct question about equal pay. he started talking about binders. oh, the idea that he had to go and ask where qualified women was, he just should have come to my house. he didn't need a binder. >> so from debate claim to internet sensation to political free for all, before checking into the campaign trail, let's dig deeper on how the romney record stacks up...
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the debate continues online. from the left, i'm stephanie cutter. from the right, i'm newt gingrich. join us tomorrow for another edition of crossfire. erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, a student opens fire at school. >> they have one in the cafeteria, one in the hall. >> we're live at the scene. >>> plus a woman nearly faints, standing behind the president today. >> you're okay. this happens when i talk too long. >>> and this man says he's disabled. and he's suing for big money. this video has put him between a rock and a hard place. le
the debate continues online. from the left, i'm stephanie cutter. from the right, i'm newt gingrich. join us tomorrow for another edition of crossfire. erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, a student opens fire at school. >> they have one in the cafeteria, one in the hall. >> we're live at the scene. >>> plus a woman nearly faints, standing behind the president today. >> you're okay. this happens when i talk too long. >>> and...
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. >> i think i can debate barack obama, and i think in seven three-hour debates, barack obama will not have a leg to stand on in trying to defend a record that is terrible and an ideology that is radical. >> well, maybe because barack obama will be tired and need some water after seven-hour debates. but we know newt can talk for a long time, and so can the president. >> he can. but erin, that's never going to happen. we've seen the former speaker's numbers really start to drop, because the more people hear about him and the more the media really scrutinizes his record, people say, is this the best man to lead the country? i think the debate will never happen. people are looking now and saying, we need pragmatic republicans who can lead us forward with really responsible ideas. i don't think they think that newt gingrich is necessarily the guy. he might have the ideas, but does he have the leadership? >> david, the "national review" emblazoned on their website in red, "against gingrich." the anti-endorsement. a scathing review. the backlash is growing. but the question is, will it reall
. >> i think i can debate barack obama, and i think in seven three-hour debates, barack obama will not have a leg to stand on in trying to defend a record that is terrible and an ideology that is radical. >> well, maybe because barack obama will be tired and need some water after seven-hour debates. but we know newt can talk for a long time, and so can the president. >> he can. but erin, that's never going to happen. we've seen the former speaker's numbers really start to...